All The Brits Nominated At The 2026 Grammys (& The Rising Stars To Know)

We have cars, whisky and a burgeoning movie industry – but the UK’s greatest export will always be our music. Some of the most famous musicians in history were born and bred in the UK; think The Beatles, Elton John, One Direction, David Bowie, Queen, Coldplay, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran… The list goes on.

While our homegrown music awards, The BRITs, may not be the most famous prize on the block (that award goes to the Grammys, of course), we always make a good showing on a global stage. And now the 2026 Grammy nominations are in, Brits are proving we can still punch way above our weight. With a whopping 95 awards up for grabs at the Grammys, Brits are nominated across 15 of the most prestigious categories, including Best New Artist and Best Pop Solo Performance, and six newcomers nominated for the very first time.

Here’s a breakdown of the very best of Britain nominated at the 68th Grammy Awards, starting with the new kids on the block.

Best New British Artists Nominated At The Grammys 2026

Lola Young

You will undoubtedly recognise the raw vocals and witty lyrics of this breakout popstar, who hails from south east London and rose to fame in 2025 with her number one hit, ‘Messy’. After just missing out on the BRIT Award for Best Pop Act to JADE (in a highly competitive category including Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Myles Smith), Lola Young has not one but two Grammy nominations this year, commending her impact stateside as well as here in the UK. Her earworm and TikTok viral track ‘Messy’ is up against some real heavyweights in the otherwise all-American Best Pop Solo Performance category; her competition includes Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan. Young is also up for Best New Artist against a fellow Brit…

Olivia Dean

Fellow Londoner Olivia Dean has also secured her very first Grammy nomination, joining Lola Young in the Best New Artist category. Having previously been nominated for two of the UK’s most prestigious music prizes (the BRIT Awards and the Mercury Prize), her vintage-feeling neo-soul tracks have caught the attention of the Grammys following the release of her number one sophomore album The Art of Loving. Dean and Young are up against KATSEYE, The Marias, Addison Rae, sombr, Leon Thomas and Alex Warren in the Best New Artist category.

YUNGBLUD

Moving up north, Doncaster native YUNGBLUD (real name Dominic Harrison) is also making his first appearance at the Grammys after building up a stellar reputation in the punk rock scene over the past decade. A protegee of the late Ozzy Osbourne, one of YUNGBLUD’s three nominations is incredibly poignant: his live cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Changes’ is up for the Best Rock Performance award, co-nominated with Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello and Adam Wakeman II. Elsewhere YUNGBLUD’s 2025 album Idols is nominated for Best Rock Album and lead single ‘Zombie’ is up for Best Rock Song.

PinkPantheress

PinkPantheress (real name Victoria Beverley Walker) is the perfect example of a TikTok success story. She started teasing her drum and bass garage tracks on the short-video platform back in 2021, finding phenomenal success with ‘Pain’ and ‘Just for Me’. Her tracks are notoriously short – her debut album, to hell with it (2021), weighs in at 10 songs and just 18 minutes – often sampling nostalgic club music. She broke into the States in 2023 with ‘Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2’ featuring Ice Spice and bagged Producer of the Year at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music awards, but the 2026 Grammys mark her very first nominations here. She’s up for Best Dance Pop Recording for her 2025 hit ‘Illegal’ (against Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, Lady Gaga, Zara Larsson and Tate McRae) as well as Best Dance/Electronic Album for her third mixtape Fancy That (2025), competing against two fellow Brits in the latter.

FLO

Britain has fallen out of its girl band era, but London-based R&B trio FLO is emerging from the rubble. Combining powerful harmonies and a sisterhood vibe, FLO (made up of Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer) are reminiscent of Destiny’s Child but with a distinctly British twist. Years in the making, their debut album Access All Areas (2025) has received acclaim and instant recognition from the Grammys, earning a nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album in an all-American category: Durand Bernarr, Bilal, Destin Conrad and Terrance Martin and Kenyon Dixon are their stiff competition.

Sleep Token

Here’s an intriguing one: anonymous, uncategorisable British band Sleep Token has received its first two Grammy nominations: in the Best Metal Performance category for their single ‘Emergence’ (against Dream Theater, Ghost, Spiritbox and Turnstile), and in the Best Rock Song category for ‘Caramel’ (against Turnstile, Nine Inch Nails, Hayley Williams and fellow Brit Yungblud). Emerging from obscurity in 2023, the four-piece significantly uses masks and cloaks to remain anonymous on stage, with none of the members named. The frontman is known as Vessel while the drummer is II, the bassist is III and the guitarist is IV. The whole concept the band orbits is that they worship an ancient deity called ‘Sleep’ who communicates with the world through Vessel. Their songs are considered ‘tokens’ to the deity. Anyway…

Fred again..

One of Britain’s very best producers has emerged from behind the scenes in recent years to become one of the largest names in modern music. This is Fred again.. (real name Fred Gibson), who was raised in Balham before he enrolled in the Princess of Wales’s alma mater Marlborough College. Calling Brian Eno a family friend and mentor, Fred’s musical foundation is classical, but this quickly transitioned into producing. In 2020 Fred was named Producer of the Year at the BRITs thanks to his extensive work with artists spanning Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Rita Ora, George Ezra and BTS. But since 2022, Fred Again.. has carved out a new space for himself, releasing music under his own name and being recognised twice by the Grammys to date (both wins in 2024). In 2026, he is up for Best Dance/Electronic Album against fellow Brits PinkPantheress (above) and FKA Twigs (below), plus Best Dance/Electronic Recording for ‘Victory Lap’ with Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax, against Tame Impala, Skrillex, Kaytranada and fellow Brits Disclosure.

FKA Twigs

Born and raised in Gloucestershire, FKA Twigs (real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett) is one of the UK’s most critically acclaimed artists, known for her avant-garde, genre-bending music. Her debut album was nominated for the Mercury Prize, and she has since bagged prizes across the NME Awards, the MOBO Awards, the UK Music Video Awards and more. But 2026 marks the second instance FKA Twigs has been recognised by the Grammys, with a nomination for Best Music Video in 2020. At the 68th awards, her latest album Eusexua (2025) is nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album against fellow Brits PinkPantheress and Fred again.., as well as American artist Skrillex and Australian artist RUFUS DU SOL. That’s a very British-dominated category – with eight out of a possible 21 wins to date (the award was established in 2005), including 2025’s winner Charli XCX – cementing our reputation for producing world-class dance music.

Skepta

Skepta is one of Britain’s most decorated artists (winning the 2016 Mercury Prize, no less), known for pioneering grime and bringing it to the global stage. Hailing from Tottenham, London, Skepta started out as a DJ before becoming an MC and finally an artist in his own right, rising to global acclaim when he featured on A$AP Rocky’s 2019 Grammy-nominated track ‘Praise the Lord (Da Shine)’. And 2026 marks Skepta’s second ever nomination, sharing ‘Victory Lap’ with Fred again.. and PlaqueBoyMax in the Best Dance/Electronic Recording category.

Wet Leg

Indie rock duo Wet Leg exploded onto the music scene in 2022 with their Grammy-winning self-titled debut album. Formed on the Isle of Wight by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, Wet Leg is renowned for their self-titled debut album’s dead pan humour and post-punk melodies, followed up perfectly with their sophomore album Moisturizer (2025). The duo is up for the same two awards they won in 2023: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance (then for ‘Chaise Lounge’, now for ‘Mangetout’). In the former, they’re up against British band The Cure along with Bon Iver, Hayley Williams and Tyler, the Creator. And in the latter, a similar story: The Cure, Bon Iver and Hayley Williams are all up for the award, joined by Turnstile with ‘Seein’ Stars’.

Sir Elton John

Sir Elton John (real name Reginald Kenneth Dwight) may be approaching his 80th birthday and boast a six-decade spanning career, but he’s far from finished. His latest album (created in partnership with Brandi Carlile) is up for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album against Laila Biali, Jennifer Hudson, Lady Gaga, Laufey and Barbra Streisand. If he wins, EGOT Elton John can add the Grammy to his collection of six, which also includes a Grammy Legend Award. Elsewhere at the 2026 awards, Elton John is nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media with ‘Never Too Late’, written for his own documentary Elton John: Never Too Late.

The Cure

Iconic British rock band The Cure have indeed been nominated at the Grammys before – but not for 24 years. In both 1993 and 2001, the gothic rock pioneers were nominated in the Best Alternative Music Album category (missing out on a win both times), and 2026 marks the first instance of their being nominated in more than one category. They’re up for Best Alternative Music Album with their 2024 comeback record Songs of a Lost World and Best Alternative Music Performance for ‘Alone’, up against fellow Brits Wet Leg in both.

Cynthia Erivo on the Wicked red carpet. (© Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Cynthia Erivo

Famed musical theatre star Cynthia Erivo has reached a whole new audience with her starring role as Elphaba in Wicked (2024), and her highly acclaimed work there has also scored her a Grammy nomination: ‘Defying Gravity’, which she shares with Ariana Grande in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category. This isn’t the first time the London local has received a Grammy nod: in 2020 she was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media for ‘Stand Up’ from Harriet, while in 2017 she won a gong for Best Musical Theater Album for The Color Purple.

Disclosure

Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence burst onto the UK music scene as dance duo Disclosure in the 2010s, leading the charge of bringing Garage and House back into the mainstream. Breaking out with ‘Latch’ featuring Sam Smith in 2012, Disclosure is also one of Britain’s most consistently nominated music acts at the Grammy Awards, counting nine nominations to date. And 2026 makes it 10, with ‘No Cap’ nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. Having never walked away with a trophy, let’s hope this tenth nomination marks a change for Disclosure.

Atticus Ross

Behind the scenes, the name to know is British composer Atticus Ross who is nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2026, both in the Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media for Challengers and for Shōgun, as well as being credited as songwriter for Nine Inch Nails’ ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’, nominated in the Best Rock Song category. It’s far from the first time Ross has been nominated, boasting two wins: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2013, and the same prize for Soul in 2022. Also boasting an Emmy and two Oscars, Ross only needs to win a Tony to secure the coveted EGOT achievement.

The 68th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 1 February 2026. grammy.com